心道法師法語

What do we call wisdom? Is to activate our bodhi citta, which if we do not, we will not achieve enlightenment.

「忍」是用包容，像空包容有，像有能夠充塞空，包容就是像水跟魚之間的關係，水乳相容，在過程當中，能夠安住不變，安住不變異的空性。

Patience is to embrace and to infuse. There’s becoming within emptiness and vice versa. Patience demonstrates the interdependent relationship like water and fish. Yet, it can remain undisturbed in all circumstances.

在生命的網絡裡，給予是最大的贏家，最富有的人就是能給的人。

In this knitted complex network of life, those who give are the wealthiest winner.

禪就是空性的學習，慈悲就是願力的學習。

Chan is the learning of emptiness; compassion is the learning of aspiring vows.

禪就是心，常常回到心、看到心，證到心即是法身；宇宙所有一切都離不開法身，法身是遍虛空、遍宇宙、遍一切的生命。

Chan is all about the mind. Be reminded to come back to the mind and work to actualize its state of Dharmakaya, which pervades the space, the universe, and all beings.

無為就是讓心能離相，人只要有了得失心的想法，就會痛苦。

Inaction is to keep your mind away from the object, when you're thinking of loss or gain, you will fall into dukha (suffering ).

要度眾生、要成就佛道，要有善業，從善業做到清淨解脫，從清淨解脫裡去發菩提心，高高山頂立，深深海底行這樣子去做。

In liberating sentient beings and attaining Buddhahood, one must first accumulate virtuous deeds, purify negative karmas, and then aspire bodhicitta. Make ambitious aspiration like alps and carry out beneficial acts in this deep ocean of samsara.

愛心是生命的潤滑油，沒有愛心就像春天沒有花朵。

Loving kindness is the lubricant of life. Without it, life is like a spring without blooming flowers.

學佛，讓慈悲心展現在點點滴滴的生命裡都充滿愛心，將靈性抽離出來就會悲心遍滿，這就是佛法的使命、成佛的道理。

Through Dharma practice, one’s compassion and love pervade in all aspects of life. Compassion expands by cultivating spirituality. This is the mission of Buddhadharma and the principle in attaining Buddhahood.

覺是我們的明白，醒是我們的清楚，不迷惑是我們的解脫。

Awareness is in-depth understanding of the world. Awakening is the clarity of the nature of the mind. Disillusion leads to liberation.

“Patience” is to endure phenomena on the basis of right views:All conditioned phenomena are impermanent,All phenomena are empty and devoid of self,All contaminated phenomena are in the nature of suffering. Return to the state of non-arising and non-ceasing, the state of emptiness.

空觀心就是沒有罣礙、沒有貪執，好或不好都沒有儲蓄。

The mind of emptiness is unimpeded and free of greed and attachments; it doesn’t store anything up, good or bad.

不實在的事物，要能常常觀空，尤其是煩惱。

The unreal things should be comprehended as emptiness , especially those of afflictions.

受戒就是結界，在戒的家裡做慧照與禪定。

Observing precepts can set boundaries to protect oneself and the abode, where you can cultivate prajna wisdom and practice meditative stabilization.

沒有善業，無法學佛，要從善業開始做起，才會有善緣學佛。

Without the accumulation of merits and virtues, it would be difficult to practice Dharma. Start from cultivating virtues and positivity so one’s opportunities to practice Dharma might eventually occur.

禪叫做參，參就是探討跟明白我是什麼，我的原點是什麼。

Chan is examination. It is to investigate and study who “I” am and the origin.

什麼是靈性？就是當下，沒有過去、沒有未來，不是時間。

What is spiritual nature? It is the present. Not the past nor the future and certainly not any frame of time.

願成佛度眾生，在生命裡一直服務、一直奉獻，沒有一點私心。

Vowing to attain Buddhahood for the benefits of all beings means continually striving to benefit others, without any ulterior motives.

打坐，讓心聽自己的話，慢慢聽到進入空性。

Meditation is a kind of self-listening which gradually leads you into emptiness.

心像一面鏡子，顯現出來東西與你無關，它本身就是那個樣子，不增，不減，不好，不壞，因為分別心、執著心、取捨心，顯現的東西就是著境生心。

The mind is like a mirror. Whatever it reflects doesn’t have anything to do with you. Just like that, there is no increase and no decrease; no good or bad. However, due to the habits of discrimination, attachment, and preference, the reflection becomes the product of attachment.

This phenomenal world is also called “the world of seeds”. Every changing phenomenon comes in fruition with causes and conditions of karmic seeds.

所有的生命都是因果來的，因果是唯心造，好好壞壞都是心所造。

All lives come from cause and effect. Karmas are resulted from the mind whether they are good or bad.

對人真心，自然會快樂。

Treat people with the wholehearted way, that in turn you become very happy.

禪，能夠製造心和平，讓內在和諧安定，看到人就喜悅，心和平，就世界和平。

Chan can bring forth serenity in mind with inner harmony so you’re always pleasant with everyone you meet. When the mind is at peace, the world is at peace.

悟與不悟是相對的，不悟就是不明白，悟就是明白，一明白就永遠明白、不再變質叫悟。

Enlightened and unenlightened are relatively in contrast. Unenlightened is a state of not understanding. Yet, once enlightened, you’ve come to an ultimate and eternal understanding that will never degenerate.

禪修就會安靜，慢慢的回到自己，禪修就是讓內在休息。

Chan practice brings forth serenity so we can return to oneself. It allows an inner relaxation to happen.

滿足是富，謙卑是貴。

Contentment is the same as wealth; humility, nobility.

「有」束縛我們，必須破除「有」的執著，超越物質的束縛才自在。

Holding on to an “inherent existence” binds us. Once this notion is negated, we can transcend the limitation of materialism to find freedom and ease.

心道法師法語

The Four-stage Training aims to inspire bodhicitta, affirm bodhicitta, and dedicate oneself to work for the benefits of others. Acquire the pervasive wisdom and we’ve reached the Pure Land.

愛心是生命中最大的陽光，從愛心找到溫暖、人情味，找到心靈的春天。

Loving kindness is the most brilliant sunshine in life. Rediscover warmth and hospitality – the spring of our mind.

尋找快樂，遠離痛苦，就是布施快樂給別人。

Seeking happiness and overcoming troubles enable you to share happiness with others.

覺醒就像太陽一樣，讓好的壞的都很清楚，覺醒而看得到，離開困境，遠離困擾煩惱。

Enlightenment is like the sunlight that shines on and reveals the good and bad of everything. Seeing this, stay away from afflictions.

在不生不滅、寂靜上安心，不去攀心念所接觸任何一個緣，每一個緣都把它放下，心就不受干擾，這就是定。

Settle down the mind in the state of non-arising or non-ceasing. Do not pursue any conditioned phenomena but to let it manifest and vanish. Stay immovable, you’ve just experienced stabilization (vipashyana).

能消化日常生活所遇種種問題，就是一個有智慧的人生。

Endowed with wisdom, one is capable of overcoming each and every problem encountered in daily life.

透過禪修進入內在的完整，內在的完整，就是回到原本的地方，就是完整。

Through Chan practice, one can enter a state of inner wholesomeness – the place of origin.

打坐是為了調心，必須離開六大的感受，才能將心調伏，不要遇到風就是浪。

The practice of meditation aims at regulating our mind, which must be kept away from the influences of the experiences of six great elements. Don't encounter winds and make the waves.

當煩惱來時，要懂得將空的門窗打開。

When afflicted mental states arise, let them pass out through the window of emptiness.

學佛修行，當以空為自性，以空為自度。

Buddhists practise stems from the nature of emptiness of its followers. The advancement towards enlightenment requires followers to maintain this nature of emptiness.

覺是我們的明白，醒是我們的清楚，不迷惑是我們的解脫。

Awareness is in-depth understanding of the world. Awakening is the clarity of the nature of the mind. Disillusion leads to liberation.

我們的煩惱就是「有」，對一切的「有」執著，消除「有」的執著，斷除「有」的煩惱，這是阿含的功能。

Our afflictions root from the misconception of an “inherent existence”. Eliminate our fixation for the deriving afflictions. This is the outcome of practicing Agama.

「廣修供養」，去除貪瞋癡就要養成「給」，一直不斷給，一直給，養成不慳貪的習慣。

“To make abundant offerings” helps to eradicate the Three Poisons by “generous giving”. Make generosity a lifelong habit.

心像一面鏡子，鏡子裡的東西是幻有，不是實有的，鏡子所顯現的東西不用取捨，只要取捨，就產生幻覺。

The mind is like a mirror. Whatever it reflects are illusions without intrinsic reality. There is no need to grasp or reject because once you do, you become deluded.

因為慈悲，心就會柔軟，智慧就會通達、無礙。

Compassion softens the hearts and mind, allowing one’s innate wisdom to manifest and come into full play.

沒有空性的智慧，布施只是結善緣，沒辦法斷煩惱、得到解脫自在。善只能是福氣，要解脫、斷煩惱，要學習空性的智慧。

Without the wisdom of emptiness, generous giving merely results in good merits and interpersonal connections. While kind acts accumulate into merits, we need to develop wisdom of emptiness to eradicate afflictions.

歸零，就是清倉，把倉庫的東西清出去。

Returning to the origin is like a storage cleanup – to clear out the space.

懺就是除障，把障礙拿掉，洗滌過去的垢染。

Contrition is to remove obstacles and cleanse the past impurities.

心好，地球就會好，人類也會好；心如果壞了，地球就會壞，一切都壞。

Be kind, the world and people are kind to you. Be malicious, the world will crumble as a whole.

出離心就是出離所有的貪著，才能夠斷煩惱、斷生死，找到不生不滅的地方。

“Renunciation” is to renounce greed and attachments. That way we can cut through afflictions, living and dying – returning to the state free of arising and ceasing.

六度是要從修行上去做，如何待人接物，用布施除去內心的執著跟障礙，在布施上除去執礙的念頭，所以常常要捨、常常要給，在任何的執礙裡，沒有我。

The Six Perfections must be applied in our daily life when dealing with people and matters. Generous giving helps to eradicate attachments and obstacles. Constant giving can eventually uproot our ego.

禪就是空性的學習，慈悲就是願力的學習。

Chan is the learning of emptiness; compassion is the learning of aspiring vows.

覺醒就是看透、看明白，沒有一個東西是真實的，既然不真實，就不要有取捨心，對任何的東西都不會迷惑、不會執著。

To be awakened is to see through and understand that nothing exists permanently. Hence, there shouldn’t be clinging or rejecting – no more delusions and attachments.

為什麼要念經？念經的時候，心念就會被經文所淨化，洗滌所有的妄想執著。

Why do we recite sutras? It is so our mind becomes purified with the scriptures of compassion and wisdom.

任何東西起了就滅，現象的道理就是這樣，常常看到這些起落都是空性，心就會安定。

Arises and then ceases. This is just the how phenomena are. Recognize the emptiness within these fluctuations and our mind would become serene.

自覺覺他的心，自覺就是自己能夠反省、醒悟，覺他也就是讓別人醒悟，這就是發願成佛度眾生的心。

“Self-awakening” is the ability to introspect then actualize. “Awakening others” is the ability to help others enlighten – this is the aspiration for attaining Buddhahood.

一切都在空性中，生起滅去，沒有長遠不壞的東西，都是因果，因果叫做時間，時間就是圓滿一切的成功與不成功。

Every happening takes place within emptiness. Arises and ceases. Due to the law of karma, there is not a single permanence. Time is one factor of karma that contributes to the accomplishment or failure of all.

好觀念才有好基因，起心動念都是利他，就是正確的因得到正確的果。

Right views make up positive karmic genes. With every altruistic thought, there comes a positive fruition.

心行處滅，心到的地方就是息滅的地方。

“Annihilating the locus of mental functioning” implies to the cessation of mind wherever it goes.

有相，就會與現象牽扯不清；離相才不會跟現象談戀愛。離相，心才會回家。

One can be deluded by phenomena when the mind is attached to notions. Having a notionless clarity, we can be dispassionate with the phenomena. That way, our mind can finally return home.